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About Us
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In the State of Karnataka, we have one Customs Zone and two
Central Excise Zones under the charge of Chief Commisioners
who oversee performance of two Customs Commissionerates and six Central Excise Commissionerates,each headed by a Commissioner.
The
present Bangalore Central Excise Commissionerate was originally known as the
Mysore Central Excise & Customs Collectorate
which later became the Karnataka Central Excise & Customs Collectorate after reorganization of the States in 1956.
The Karnataka Central Excise & Customs Commissionerate, which came into
effect from 18th July 1957, had the jurisdiction over the entire state of
Karnataka. It comprised of four divisions viz., Bangalore, Mysore, Belgaum, and
Castle Rock, which over a period of time increased to fifty divisions. In 1983,
the Karnataka Customs and Central Excise Collectorate
was trifurcated to form Bangalore Central Excise Collectorate,
Belgaum Central Excise Collectorate and Karnataka
Customs Collectorate. In July 1997, these formations
were again reorganized to form Bangalore I, II, III, and Belgaum Central Excise
Commissionerates. In January 2000, the Karnataka Central Excise and Customs
Commissionerates were further reorganized to form five Central Excise
Commissionerates, viz., Bangalore I, II, III, Mangalore and Belgaum Central
Excise Commissionerates vide Notification No.59/99 NT dated 10.12.99. The
jurisdiction of the entire Karnataka Central Excise and Customs
Commissionerates have also been reorganized w.e.f. 01.04.2000 vide Notification
No.22/2000 dated 23.02.2000.
We
are facilitators for the trade, industry and the assessees
in compliance to the provisions of Central Excise,Service
Tax and the Customs Act.
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Chief Commissioner's Office, Bangalore Zone |
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Introduction |
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The Bangalore Central Excise Zone was created on 1.11.2002,
consequent to reorganisation of the
Commissionerates, consisting of three Central Excise Commissionerates namely,
Bangalore – I, II and III. The jurisdiction of the Zone extends to seven
Revenue Districts in the State of Karnataka namely Bangalore Rural, Bangalore
Urban, Kolar, Tumkur, Chitradurga, Davangere and Haveri. Two Commissioners(Appeal) and one Commissioner
(Adjudication) are posted in the Zone.
Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Bangalore is the cadre
controlling authority for Group ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’ cadres in the State of
Karnataka (both Customs and Excise) except Group ‘D’ of Belgaum Central
Excise Commissionerate. The cadre control jurisdiction of the Chief
Commissioner of Central Excise, Bangalore extends to three Zones namely,
Bangalore Central Excise Zone (consisting of I, II and III Commissionerates),
Mysore Central Excise Zone (consisting of Mangalore, Belgaum and Mysore
Central Excise Commissionerates) and Bangalore Customs (consisting of
Bangalore and Mangalore Customs Commissionerates). There are 15 Central Excise Divisions and 67 Ranges in the
Bangalore Central Excise Zone, of which 2 Divisions and 8 Ranges are
administering Service tax work. 4012 assessees are
registered under Central Excise in the Zone of which 2129 are SSI units. The Chief Commissioner also exercises supervision and control
over the working of the Commissionerates in the Zone and is mainly
responsible for monitoring revenue collection, disposal of pendencies, redressal of
grievances of trade etc. He also ensures coordination among the
Commissionerates within the Zone and more effective interaction with the
Central Board of Customs & Central Excise (CBEC). Further, he also
discharges certain statutory functions bestowed on him under the Customs
& Central Excise statutes.
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